Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] at the [noun] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 'd known at the beginning that I knew your parents you would n't have even given me the time of day . |
| 2 | His Mum turned to look at the car that had crushed the arrow bits . |
| 3 | Well I think it 's very important Robert because , I mean as the charter for the arts indicated look at the money that local authorities are spending upstairs to us and really you know we , we are |
| 4 | If she felt hurt at the realisation that his affectionate gestures had been no more than a front — well , it could only be because her ego was wounded . |
| 5 | It was true that there were usually two of them together and he remembered thinking at the time that the other one was probably in a shop begging . |
| 6 | They stayed in the bedroom for half an hour or so , talking , looking at the things , talking : and Clara remembered thinking at the time that it was just such a honeysuckle-filtered , sunny conversational afternoon that would in years to come , whatever those years might bring , cause her the most sad and exquisite nostalgia . |
| 7 | She had felt at the time that he was ‘ pretty borderline for special school ’ . |
| 8 | Kopp testified that she had thought at the time that the information was based on " rumours from banking circles " . |
| 9 | She was about to tell him to be careful , but then she remembered how he had laughed at the idea that Gazzer could be dangerous , so she kept her mouth shut . |
| 10 | They were slightly embarrassed that he had been left out , but had agreed at the time that there was no sense in phoning him at home because he would have nothing useful to say . |
| 11 | She had known as soon as they had arrived at the lodge that her heart had made the right decision , even though it felt irresponsible and utterly childish to be spending a summer like this , at her age , and after all the work she had done to put the initials MD after her name . |
| 12 | True , Luke had mentioned at the interview that the job would involve travel , and she had welcomed the prospect then . |